Category Archives: TI-84 Plus

09.02.14
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SAT – Counting and Ordering

Q:  When 5 people met for dinner, each person shook hands with each other person once.  How many handshakes happened?

Answer: 10

Explanation 1: Two people = a handshake.  This question is really ‘How many ways are there to choose 2 people from a total of 5, if the order is not important?’ It’s a combination question. Find the nCr function on your calculator. Type in 5 nCr 2. It’s 10. (There is a longer way to do it by hand, using the formula for nCr.)

Explanation 2: Person A shook hands with 4 people.  That’s  4 handshakes so far. Person B shook hands with 3 other people (his shake with A has already been counted). Person C shook hands with 2 other people.  Person D shook hands with 1 other person (E). Add: 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10.

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09.01.14
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SAT / Algebra 1: Ratios

Q:  In my box of cereal, the ratio of flakes to raisins is 9:2. If there are a total of 220 flakes and raisins in the box, how many of these are flakes?
 
Answer:  180
Explanation:  Solve the equation: 9x + 2x = 220 to get x = 20.  ‘Flakes’ are the 9x part of the equation.  9(20) = 180.  Or, use my TI-84 Plus program ‘RATIO’.
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08.25.14
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SAT – systems of equations

Q: A phone call costs c cents for the first 10 minutes and n cents per minute for additional minutes. A 20-minute phone call costs 50 cents, and a 40-minute phone call costs 90 cents. What is the value of c?
 
Answer: 30
Explanation:  A 20-minute call costs c cents for the first 10 minutes and n cents per minute for each of the next 10 minutes.  So, c+10n=50.  A 40-minute call costs c cents for the first 10 minutes and n cents per minute for each of the next 30 minutes: c+30n=90.  Solve this system of equations.  Use my TI-84 Plus program CRAMER or an algebraic method such as substitution, elimination, Cramer’s Rule, etc.  c=30.
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08.19.14
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Geometry – polygons

Q: What is the sum of the interior angles of a convex hexagon?
 
 Answer: 720
Use the formula (n-2)x180, with n=6 (because a hexagon has 6 sides).
(6 – 2) x 180
4 x 180
720
My TI-84 Plus program POLYGON will find this total for you.
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08.17.14
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SAT – Remainders

Q: When the positive integer k is divided by 6, the remainder is 2. What is the remainder when k+2 is divided by 6?
 
Answer: 4
Explanation:  Choose a number for k that leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 6.  For example, k = 8  (one group of 6, with 2 left, equals 8).  Now do k+2, or 10, divided by 6.  6 divides into 10 once, with 4 left.  The remainder is 4.  My TI-84 Plus program ‘REMAINDR’ will find this remainder for you.
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08.11.14
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Algebra 1, 2 – systems of equations

Q: 100 people are to be seated at 22 tables. Some tables seat 4 people and some seat 6 people. If no seats are empty, how many tables seating 4 people are there?
 
Answer: 16
Explanation:  Solve the system: x + y = 22; 4x + 6y = 100.  My ‘CRAMER’ program will solve this for you! The number of 4-person tables is the x-value of the solution.
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08.09.14
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Algebra 1 – distance

Q: To the nearest tenth, what is the distance between the points (-6,2) and (6,5)?
 
Answer:  12.4 
(Use the distance formula, and round to the nearest tenth.)
My TI-84 Plus program DISTANCE will find this value.
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07.28.14
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Algebra 1, 2 – systems of equations

Two cubes and one pyramid weigh 9 lb. Seven cubes and two pyramids weigh 24 lb. All cubes weigh the same, and all pyramids weigh the same. What is the weight of one pyramid?

 
Answer: 5 lb

Explanation:  Let x be the weight of a cube.  Let y be the weight of a pyramid. 

The first sentence becomes: 2x + y = 9. 

The second sentence is: 7x + 2y = 24. 

Solve this as a system of equations by any method you choose… substitution, elimination, Cramer’s Rule, etc.  Or use my TI-84 Plus program ‘CRAMER’.

x = 2, y = 5

‘y’ is the weight of one pyramid, so the answer is 5.

 

 

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